>After 24 hrs the honey will be liquefied and can be poured out, 
filtered, and bottled in the usual way.

The wax will be very soft.  If you allow the bucket to cool  then the wax will form a cake on the surface of the honey.  Make two holes in the wax on opposite sides of the bucket (one to let air in) and then the honey can be poured out easily without any wax.

The wax cake can then be cleaned, e.g. by boiling with rainwater or melting and straining.

Obviously, this method is only practical on a small scale, but can be useful for beekeepers with just a few hives.  On a larger scale, devices like the Apimelter can melt out the honey first, then with the heat turned up it will melt out the wax.  Still a bit tedious if you have a large number of supers to process.  

I know beekeepers with hundreds of hive who wax supers with starter strips, allow all to granulate, then cut it all out and melt it during the winter.  How do those with thousands of hives cope with granulation in the comb?

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W

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